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Giant's Seat, Bolton
Bolton, England ยท Atlas EN3198
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3198 (3198)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Bolton
- Historic county
- Lancashire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Pilkington
- National Grid reference
- SD77470484
- Latitude
- 53.53971
- Longitude
- -2.34144
- Altitude
- 91 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 2.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1988); Excavation (1993)
Identifiers
- HER
- Greater Manchester 1461
- National record
- record SD 70 SE
- Wikidata
- Q31113071
Sources
References
- Maude, K., Faulkner, P. and Nevell, M.D. 1993. Giant's Seat, 87-95.
- Nevell, M.D.1992. Settlement in the Mersey Basin, Unpublished document.